This course will focus on improving clinician ability to treat patients presenting with cervico-thoracic disorders. You will learn select high yield manual therapy skills, supported by evidence, that you will use on a regular basis. More importantly, develop skills that will allow you to stage and classify patients to specific interventions and progress them through an exercise based rehabilitation program that builds self-efficacy and resiliency.
This course will also develop your communication and listening strategies. You will gain skills to build therapeutic alliance with patients which will maximize both patient outcomes and patient satisfaction.
Rule out serious conditions in the cervical spine.
Classify cervicothoracic patients to specific treatment groups and effectively stage patient recovery.
Apply selected thrust and non thrust manual therapy interventions proficiently.
Understand how to effectively prescribe and progress an exercise program for a patient presenting with cervicothoracic pain.
Demonstrate communication and listening skills that will enable the clinician to establish a strong therapeutic partnership with the client.
Have adopted more than 3 habits to support reflective practice and continuous growth.
Meet Steve Young
Steve received an undergraduate degree from the University of Victoria before attending the McMaster University physiotherapy program in Hamilton, Ontario. He graduated summa cum laude in 1999 before returning to Victoria to work in private practice. He has extensive post graduate education, organizing and attending dozens of orthopaedic and pain science courses. He previously served as CBI Health’s Senior Clinical Educator for seven years on Vancouver Island and has taught continuing education courses throughout British Columbia and North America.
Along with maintaining a full-time musculoskeletal practice, Steve has been vigorously involved in teaching throughout BC and North America. He has been published in a number of journals and previously served as Chief Editor for the Orthopaedic Division Review from 2005 to 2007.
Meet Sean Overin
In clinic, Sean facilitates an educational, evidence-based, and client-centered experience treating a variety of conditions with a diverse set of manual therapy and exercise interventions. Always psychologically informed. He has special interests in pain science, neck and low back disorders, headaches, sleep, and upper extremity conditions. In addition to clinical practice, Sean enjoys discussing, teaching, and challenging current practice trends based on the best available evidence. To do so, Sean contributes high level discussion to social media platforms on pain and rehab science. He regularly teaches and writes about his favorite topics, and mentors clinicians and students on a regular basis.
Meet Curtis Tait
Curtis has a bottomless appetite for both food and for learning and growing professionally. To this end he has taken courses in manual and manipulative therapy, IMS/dry needling, vestibular and neurological rehabilitation, as well as chronic pain seminars. Having worked in private practice, pain management, head injury programs, and in neuro-rehabilitation, Curtis works with all types of clients. Sports injuries, chronic pain conditions, vestibular, neurological and concussion presentations are all within Curtis' area of expertise.
While he maintains a diverse interest in treating all types of conditions, Curtis particularly enjoys spinal pain, headaches, hip, knee and ankle conditions, sports injuries, temporomandibular dysfunction, chronic pain, diabetes-related conditions, vestibular disorders, stroke and spinal cord injuries.
